50120About ten inmates were said to have been killed in a failed jailbreak yesterday at the Kaduna Convict Prisons in Kaduna state, north-central Nigeria when they attempted to escape during the rancor that greeted the prison in early morning hours.The...

50076 AfranPresident Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his Ugandan counterpart President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni Saturday in Kampala, Uganda, called for further expansion of all-out relations between the two nations.Heading a high-ranking politico-economic delega...

505 12 President Jammeh attends Senegal's 50th independence anniversaryPresident Jammeh was among 22 Heads of State from across the continent who attended Senegal's 50th Independence Anniversary Celebrations held Sunday morning in Dakar. At the center ...

50607Kampala.Visiting President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of the Islamic Republic of Iran has said it is treason and betrayal of mankind to deny nations who need access to nuclear energy that right.“We think it is the right of all nations to use nuclear en...

50129The 36 states governors in Nigeria have pledge to support the administration of the country’s new President Goodluck Jonathan to sustain the legacy left behind by the late President Umar Yar’adua.Jonathan who was busy receiving Very Important ...

505 30Barry L Wells, the US ambassador to The Gambia yesterday wrapped-up his three-day tour of project sites in the country with a visit to projects in the Upper River Region (URR).At Demba Kunda in Jimara District, the community named their health ce...

505 37The Community Driven Development Project (CDDP) Tuesday disbursed 28 cheques amounting to three million nine hundred and forty-three thousand three hundred and ninety-nine dalasi, ninety-four bututs (D3,943,399. 94b) to 22 villages and 6 wards i...

501 50Two commissioners of Police were promoted to the rank of Assistant Inspectors-General of Police. The Police Service Commission approved promotion at its 15th plenary meeting held in AbujaThe officers promoted to the rank of AIGs are Messrs Mohamm...

501 63Lagos State Government in the South-west Nigeria has warned that henceforth any individual found wanting of violating the rules at play on sanitation day would be fine to the tune of N50, 000.The government also reiterated that the monthly enviro...

50209Nouakchott, Mauritanie (PANA via Mauritanie-web) - Le procès des terroristes présumés qui a débuté dimanche à Nouakchott, la capitale de la Mauritanie, se déroule «dans de bonnes conditions», affirme le parquet général dans une déclara...

50241La France « est reconnaissante à la Mauritanie de ses efforts pour retrouver et juger les auteurs de l’assassinat » de quatre de ses compatriotes, mais rappelle son « opposition de principe à la peine de mort », a déclaré mercredi le min...

50283Les fonctionnaires mauritaniens disposant de logements administratifs viennent de recevoir des contrats de résiliation de leur logement. En effet, la date du 1 er juin, date butoir, arrive à grands pas et l’inquiétude gagne du terrain chez pl...

50098 AfranAhlul Bayt News Agency (ABNA.ir), The Iranian Culture Center in Zimbabwe will organize the event which is expected to be attended by scholars, cultural experts, university students, religious figures and Iranians residing in the African c...

505 50 (ATA congress ends with pledge to build new partnership for tourism developmentThe Africa Travel Association's 35th Annual Congress ended with a commitment among Africa's tourism stakeholders to boost efforts to develop new public-private partne...

500121 AfranA ship carrying Lebanese pro-Palestinian woman activists would set sail for Gaza.Samar El Hajj, a Lebanese lawyer and political activist said women activists with different religious backgrounds would be on board of the ship.The ship is nam...

500137 AfranTehran, June 22, IRNA – Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehman-Parast said Tuesday Iran would help control the raging oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico if the US asked for the country’s help.“If the US government asks for Iran’s h...

506054Raising regional economic hopes• In full gear, the Common Market will allow goods to be sold across borders without any tariffs and non-tariff barriers. Goods will essentially be duty free so a trader in Uganda may decide to sell their products...

506060 A 20-year-old man accused of providing material support to al Shabaab militant group that claimed responsibility for the July 11 bomb attacks here has been arrested in New York, US authorities announced on Wednesday. He was arrested as he tried...

506090Godfrey Lukongwa Binaisa, the last surviving former Ugandan head of state died at his home in Kampala yesterday. He was 90. Mr Binaisa, who famously declared that the chair (power) is sweet, with the statement: Entebbe ewooma, during his 11month ...